Parking assist apparatus

Abstract

A parking assist apparatus ( 1 ) has: an identifying portion ( 2 a ) that identifies a target parking position when the vehicle is at a temporary stop position having a predetermined positional relation with the target parking position; a parking-assisting portion ( 2 b ) that assists steering operation of a driver of the vehicle based on the target parking position when parking the vehicle. For facilitating the driver to visually confirm a positional relation between a specific portion of the target parking position and the vehicle, the parking assist apparatus includes at least one of a polarizing film ( 8 ), auxiliary mirror ( 12 ), member ( 22,32 ) provided on a vehicle mirror and extending in the vehicle lateral direction, transparent portion ( 42 ) provided in a passenger-side door, adjusting device ( 53 ) that adjusts the direction of the lower edge of the vehicle mirror, irradiating device ( 74 ) that radiates a laser, optical-axis adjusting portion ( 83 ) that adjusts an optical axis of a headlight of the vehicle.

1. A parking assist apparatus for a vehicle, comprising:
 an identifying portion that identifies a target parking position when the vehicle is at a temporary stop position having a predetermined positional relation with the target parking position; 
 a parking-assisting portion that assists steering operation of a driver of the vehicle based on the target parking position when parking the vehicle; and 
 a polarizing film, provided on a side window glass of the vehicle and having a polarization direction coinciding with the lateral direction of the vehicle, for facilitating the driver to visually confirm a positional relation between a specific portion of the target parking position and the vehicle. 
 
     
     
       2. The parking assist apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 a vehicle inner mark for facilitating the driver to visually confirm a positional relation between a specific portion of the target parking position and the vehicle in a three dimensional manner when the driver stops the vehicle at the temporary stop position, 
 wherein the polarizing film facilitates the driver to visually confirm the positional relation in a three dimensional manner. 
 
     
     
       3. The parking assist apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein
 the vehicle inner mark is provided under the polarizing film. 
 
     
     
       4. The parking assist apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the specific portion of the target parking position is a line of the target parking position extending in the width direction of the vehicle. 
 
     
     
       5. The parking assist apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 on-off means for turning the parking assist apparatus on and off, 
 wherein 
 the identifying means identifies the target parking position when the on-off means is turned on at the temporary stop position. 
 
     
     
       6. The parking assist apparatus according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 a vehicle-inner-side mark, of which the direction coincides with the polarization direction of the polarization film, is provided on the inner side of the vehicle.